Post card. Baton Rouge Bridge over the Mississippi River, Baton Rouge, La. The Baton Rouge Bridge over the Mississippi was completed in 1940. It required three years in building and cost the State of Louisiana 10 million dollars. As with all...

Belle Helene. Construction on the house began in 1840, and completed by 1842. It was first named "Ashland" after U.S. statesman Henry Clay's plantation in Kentucky. In March 1889, the estate sold to George B. Reuss, an Ascension Parish planter....

Mrs. Heidel Brown tends the birds for 36 hours. She is pictured here basting turkeys in a barbeque pit placed on the porch at her home on Jefferson Highway. The hood over head carries the smoke out doors. Photo by M.L. Tanney. November 18,...